A community celebration takes place in St James’ Square in Newport a week on Saturday.

It’s not just the Christmas lights that are being switched on in Newport that day, as organisers of this event are hoping that a metaphorical Big Green Button will be switched on too.

This one-off event brings together unions, climate change activists and green businesses aiming to increase public support and raise awareness for workers rights and climate change.

We understand that the event is being backed by the Island’s Trades Union Councils, unions representing council workers, the tax office, the NHS, schools and colleges and other sectors and industries who will be offering advice on how to “green their place of work”

Free food cafe
There will be a free food cafe for all to sample Island grown seasonal food and even a soap box for speakers to give their version of the problems we face and the solutions that will work.

The event in St James’ Square, Newport, starts at 11.00am and finishes at 3.00pm. It is free and all are welcome to this family friendly life-changing event.

A spokesperson for the event explains: “The boys wanted to help make the public more aware of the challenges we all face. People are losing their jobs,their homes and any sense of security. At the same time we have world leaders about to meet in Copehagen to agree pretty much diddly squit on how to tackle climate change.

“Local council is ineffectual”
“Our local council is just as ineffectual. Since declaring itself an eco-island, the council’s done more polluting, not less. And they’ve certainly done nothing to help ex-Vestas workers save their jobs or to find alternative green jobs”

The Vestas campaign, as it has become known, has therefore decided to take matters into its own hands. “We believe it’s going to take people power to make a difference. If we stick together and build a sense of community and a growing movement we can all feel safer and better about ourselves while meeting the challenges that climate change presents.

“We’re calling it a revolution because the situation is dire and we don’t have much time. We can’t make things better gradually, we have to all act together and fast. Hence we’re calling it a revolution, albeit a peaceful – and fun – one.”

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